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As a North Carolina nurse, this does not give me comfort, although it sounds as if this decision was made about a case where a nurse veered far off from the standard of care. Time to consider other employment options.

I'm 60, started in nursing st 50, so I feel ya! As you get more comfortable in the job, your confidence will show, and it's likely your relationship with your colleagues will change as well. Units like yours usually have high turnover, so you will quickly become the go-to for new nurses if you develop a friendly rapport with new hires. As others have noted, some of my worst job experiences have been with older nurses, especially when I was new on the job. So hang in there, things should get better, and if not, the job market is ?.

Thanks for all of your thoughtful comments!

When my unit was a COVID unit, everyone wore one, even the guys, but a lot fewer are wearing them now. I find them much more comfortable when putting on and taking off N95s--I hate pulling my hair out.

Looking for some feedback from my fellow nurses on being paid hourly vs being paid salary (based on 40 hours per week). Pros and cons? The position under consideration is a hospital position, M-F, no weekends. I have my own thoughts on salaried positions in healthcare, but would love to hear from people who have worked both in hourly and salaried positions.

Anonymity is very important to those of us who work in at-will employment states. I try to be judicious in my comments, but my employer could let me go for any reason, or no reason at all, if they believed I was referring to them in a post. And sometimes, you just gotta vent!

That's interesting. Do you happen to have a source for that? I have met a couple of employees while administering vaccines who had some truly legit concerns over the vaccine, and I'd like to look into this further. I tend to think employers are staring down an impending staffing shortage and are suddenly reconsidering vaccine mandates.

I've met some loony, poorly-educated nurses, but this is really scary.

I'm located in the Southeast. Our organization's deadline was last Wednesday, and there were a lot of grumbling, foot-dragging people who came in for a J&J on the 14th or 15th to be in compliance with the vaccine mandate. The good news is a large majority of employees are now vaccinated. I would be happier if we had a 100% vaccination rate, but have not heard if the administration will actually follow through with terminations for those who did not get a vaccine. We do have a rather large number who were granted religious exemptions, but I am completely unable to understand on what grounds they were given.

Your company sounds horrible, honestly. If you want to stay in hospice, look for a company with dedicated admissions staff, overnight/weekend call staff and more than one physician (they exist, honestly!). Also look for companies that are not-for-profit. I'm not surprised you're burned out, the workload you described is unsustainable. Hospice can be a wonderful career with the right company.

It very much depends on what the employer is offering as benefits for PRN status. When I was PRN, I had no benefits at all, including 403b. My health insurance was through my husband's job. I left after a year and a bit because they were unwilling to change me to part-time even though I was working a minimum of two days per week.

My first references were nursing instructors, can you get a couple that way? Also, the southeast is hiring, but you won't get anywhere close to $45/hour. Best of luck in your job search!

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None of our new grads are coming in with clinical experience due to COVID. Just apply. Everyone needs nurses right now with a good work ethic and some compassion.

I've been working COVID vaccine clinics this Spring, and they are drying up, at least where I live. I have been called off every shift for the last 3 weeks. I'd be worried that you would be unemployed pretty quickly if you took a vaccinator job. I would look for a job with a better fit when you hit your one year mark.